Voters have expressed their satisfaction with frank answers from ministers during the National Assembly’s question and answer session in Hanoi on June 14.  

 Over 500 students, including 350 Vietnamese, graduated from an international training course of Israel’s Ramat Negev Desert AgroResearch Centre (RNDARC) at a ceremony held on June 13.

 A draft decree on auto manufacturing, assembling, importing, and maintenance and warranty business recently publicised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is concerning industry insiders.

Over the last ten days, pepper prices have fallen from an already low $3.65 to $3.21 per kilogramme, but pepper farmers in the Central Highlands continue to hold out for higher prices.

 The 2017 U15 International Football Challenge Cup funded by the Thieu Nien Tien Phong Plastic JSC kicked off in the central city of Da Nang from June 14 with four teams from Vietnam, Taiwan (China), Myanmar, and Indonesia competing.

  The 18th National Para Games opened in HCM City on June 14, bringing together more than 1,000 athletes and coaches across the country.

 Chairman of the Cuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernandez visited the northern mountainous province of Son La on June 14 as part of his official visit to Vietnam. 

 Rhino horns weighing nearly 4 kilogrammes with estimated value of nearly 8 billion VND (over 352,000 USD) have been seized at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the airport’s custom officers said on June 14. 

 The mid-term Vietnam Business Forum (VBF) 2017, the most expected event of the domestic business community, is set to take place in Hanoi on June 16. 

 Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung stressed improving the efficiency of public and foreign investment during a Q&A session at the 14th National Assembly’s ongoing third plenum in Hanoi on June 14. 

The 9th Vietnam-Russia Strategic Dialogue on Diplomacy-Defence-Security and the political consultation at deputy minister level between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam and Russia took place in Hanoi on June 14.

The fifth annual International Maritime Congress recently held in Poland raised concern over the complicated developments in the East Sea issue, saying that they are directly linked with China’s maritime strategy. 

There has been no report on any Vietnamese citizen being the victim of a fire in Grenfell Tower in west London on June 14 (Vietnam time), according to the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK.

Having run for three months, a project titled “Vietnamese Fine Arts and Cultural Diplomacy” has successfully called on Vietnamese artists to donate their pictures for the country’s representative offices abroad. 

Le Hong Minh, CEO of VNG, stirred up the public at the Vietnam Game Summit 2017 when he said that he believes Vietnam would obtain $1billion in turnover from games in the next 10 years.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of residential quarters and real estate projects has been increasing rapidly, but water drainage systems and sluices have not expanded to meet demand.

VietNamNet Bridge - Teaming up with local airlines to set up a joint venture is expected to help Air Asia obtain a high aviation market share in the region.

VietNamNet Bridge - Major central pedagogy schools train only one-third of total students, while the number of students at local pedagogy schools is two to three times higher.

 Inflation this year is forecast at 2.6 per cent amid fluctuations in prices on world markets and adjustments in the cost of public services, according to the latest report from the government watchdog.

French singer and songwriter Joyce Jonathan held three live charity concerts in Viet Nam last week to raise funds for street children through the Poussières de Vie (Dust of Life) organisation.